Nisar terms Bilawal ‘non-serious’ political leader

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is a “non-serious political leader who does not even know the alphabets of politics”.

He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of Online Complaint Management System (OCMS) of Nadra. “Bilawal is insulting the people of his father’s age by calling them odd names and he does not even know the Sindhi and Urdu well adding that it is beyond the understanding that a child (27-year-old) is leading the mainstream political party”, the interior minister added and announced that he would address a detailed media press conference in this regard.

He said that I was present in the meeting in which decision to change the governor of Sindh was made. It was a lengthy innings which had to be ended. The interior minister also said that: “I have received a letter of Sheikh Rashid few minutes before and I have no cure to convert non-issues to issues and advised the Shiekh Rashid to keep his record correct.”

He further said that the PPP had appointed the acting secretary establishment as chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA). Justice has grave concern over forwarding the chairmanship of inquiry team. PM did not know even the name of Justice Amir Raza. PM had said six month before that Sindh Court (SC) to execute inquiry team on Panama Leaks and no matter was hidden by the government in this regard. It was not security leaks and fake news.

Talking about Nadra’s OCMS, the interior minister said that under this system any citizen would be able to lodge his complain against Nadra employee adding that such initiatives were taken for the welfare of people and good governance. No person can enter in Pakistan from Washington to Europe without documents. He said that passport office in every district of the country would be established by February 2017 adding that approximately 700 employees of Nadra were sacked to eradicate corruption.

Nisar further said that the complaint system of Nadra would be introduced in all offices and he will himself monitor this system. He said that Nadra is defamed by some corrupt elements and there is no room of corrupt elements in National Database. Responding to a question about Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervaz Khattak, the interior minister said that I am a dictator for the promoters of politics of crises and violence adding that it is my obligation to maintain law and order in the country.

Law would come into action for the eradication of violence, dispute and lock down and all routes would be opened for those who want to stage protest and sit-in, he added. He further said that news about the spy of Sharbat Gula, the Afghan national woman are baseless. She was neither spy nor criminal adding that she was a helpless woman. Talking about the release of Dr Afia Siddiqui, Nisar said that the PM had talked with US President about her. The world has adopted a dual standard about Dr Afia Siddiqui.